CURRENT MISSION

Heading out with my Love to Switzerland, Germany, & Russia!

ABOUT ME

Born in Ukraine I moved to the U.S. when I was 8 and have lived here since. 21 years old, recently graduated from UCSC in California...I'm celebrating my long-awaited freedom from the establishment by taking a massive hitch-hiking trip through Europe between April and July. This spring/summer, I might be looking for people to hang with and couches to surf. I'm pretty mellow and laid-back, play guitar and sing, write poetry, ride bicycles, and have a daily meditation practice (Vipassana as taught by S.N. Goenka, for those of you who are curious)That's pretty much all I can think of right now,
peace and joy,
Yuli

PHILOSOPHY

Loving overcome.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I got to surf a bunch of couches a number of years back and loved it, and I look forward to doing so again soon - as well as hosting people when they come through my small part of the world :D

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have had so many wonderful experiences all across Europe and in the United States. CouchSurfing rocks - awesome people, awesome adventures :D

Interests

Poetry, art, music, poking dead things with sticks (just kidding). I write songs, and play guitar, and also sing Russian and Ukrainian Folk songs. I am a very spiritual person. Ultimately, just a california girl, though I recently became a MAMA! Adventure and enlightenment are my two prime interests, other than my baby daughter of course :)

• arts
• poetry
• singing
• dining
• cooking
• meditation
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music and books definitely, movies not so much (not very plugged in, in general).
Power Of Now, A New Earth, Conscious Loving, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change, When You're Falling Dive - spiritual literature.
Also a lot of classics: War and Peace, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Grapes of Wrath.
Also poets such as Mary Oliver, Rumi, Hafiz.
Also love to read science fiction.
Music: All sorts! I also sing and play a little guitar :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I rode the worlds longest freight train into the Sahara dessert in Mauritania.

Teach, Learn, Share

1)Can provide guidelines in Anapana meditation.
2)Can teach Russian folk songs (and the language in general, as it is my birth tongue)
3)Can cook traditional Russian food such as Borscht.
4)Share stories, songs, poetry, sillyness, and laughter!

would love to learn EVERYTHING.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, stories, music, conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mauritania, Morocco, Poland, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine, United States

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